Australia's social media ban for children faces enforcement and privacy challenges, raising concerns for UK policy
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Chiara Castro
Summary
This article critiques Australia's blanket ban on children using social media, arguing it's a simplistic, unenforceable solution that threatens digital privacy and could lead to VPNs being taken down. The author contends that the UK's child safety measures are similarly flawed, and that banning teens is counterproductive — child safety groups argue it's a step backward. The piece explores technical enforcement challenges, privacy implications, and why such bans fail to address the root causes of online harm.
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· 3 pulledBanning all children from social media apps has been this week's headline-grabbing, simple fix to an online world growing more hostile by the day. Too bad that it may not work, after all.
Not only is a blanket social media ban incredibly difficult to enforce from a technical standpoint, in fact, but the fallout will hit everyone where it hurts the most: our digital privacy, ultimately perhaps even taking down VPNs in the process.
Child safety groups say that banning UK teens is a step back rather than a move closer to victory
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